LACY HALE

178 Main St Ste 1 Whitesburg KY 41858
Email: lacy@lacyhale.com
Website: www.lacyhale.com

Education

Morehead State University, Morehead, KY                                                                           2008-2009

Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, NY                                                                                            1999-2001

Grants/Residencies/Awards

Americans for the Arts Johnson Fellowship Nominee 2023

Artist in Residence, Sisters of Loretto Motherhouse                                                            2022

Artist Enrichment Grant Recipient, Kentucky Foundation for Women                           2019

Special Grant Recipient, Great Meadows Foundation                                                           2017

Tanne Foundation Award Recipient                                                                                              2016

Emerging Artist Award Nominee, Joan Mitchell Foundation                                               2015

Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions 

Inside Appalachia, The Art Center of the Bluegrass, Danville, KY                                       2022

50 States | 50 Artists | 50 Women | 50 Artworks | 50 Endangered Species                   2021

Like The Waters We Rise: Climate Justice in Print, Nathan Cummings Gallery, NYC    2020

Here Today: Kentucky During Covid 19, Group Exhibit, Lexington KY                             2020

Appalachian Regional Healthcare EpiCentre Arts Group Exhibit                                          2018                                                                                                

Where I'm From Group Exhibit, George Ellabration, Harlan, KY                                              2016

Featured Artist, Gateway Regional Arts Center, Mt. Sterling, KY                                            2015

Women in the Arts, Grayson Gallery, Grayson, KY                                                                        2014

New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music Traveling Smithsonian Exhibit      2012

Publications

Issue 33, Still: The Journal, Featured Artist                                                                                       2020

Portraits and Dreams Discussion Guide: Framing Appalachia                                                   2020

House, Silas Memories From the South: Growing Up in a 'Sundown Town'                                                

Time Magazine: The South Issue August                                                                                        2018

Adams, Mason How No Hate in My Holler Became the War Cry for Appalachia                                       

The Daily Yonder July                                                                                                                           2017

Recognition and Awards

Appalachian Artist of the Year                                                                                                 2023 & 2022 

Eastern Kentucky Artist Impact Award                                                                                               2018

Tanne Foundation Award recipient                                                                                                      2016

Joan Mitchell Foundation Emerging Artist Award Nominee                                                       2015

Collections

Governor Andy Beshear, Frankfort, KY

Ishmael Butler, Grammy Award Winner, Seattle Washington

Allison Lundergan Grimes, Former Secretary of State, Frankfort, KY